Category: Sleep Skills

There’s the old saying, “The devil is in the details.” When it comes to dream interpretation and dream journaling, however, the saying should be, “The angel is in in the details.” The value of dreams is magnified by the richness of the details you can remember. People who ascribe little worth to dreams often don’t…

You may have seen rows of prayer candles in grocery, drug store, discount, and big-box stores alike. They usually have a pretty drawing on them. The ones found in the United States are often dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, St. Michael, St. Joseph, or another sacred concept. When the coronavirus…

What about dream journaling? Would that make a good hobby too? Laying there closing your eyes. What a boring idea for a hobby! People who pursue hobbies usually have events where they get together with other like-minded people. Motorcycle enthusiasts get together with other enthusiasts to go for rides through roads winding across pretty landscapes.…

Bernarr Macfadden started a magazine and a popular movement. Both the movement and magazine had the same name: “physical culture.” Watching what you ate and seeing that you got exercise wasn’t as popular among Americans before he came along. Weakness is a crime! Don’t be a criminal! was Macfadden’s motto. To some, Macfadden was a…

Sometimes you need to get your engine started. People often have a cup of coffee for that. Sometimes you need to turn it off. Heart 7 (HT7) and Gallbladder 20 (GB20) are two handy acupressure points to activate when you want to sleep. Heart 7 is illustrated above. It’s located on both your left and…

Why illustrate an article about how to stop someone from snoring with a picture of Charles Atlas? Charles Atlas was not known to snore. Because… Isometric exercise is nothing new. They work. They’re safe. They’re simple. You can do them anywhere. Charles Atlas was known for his ads in comic books and for building his…

Sofa sleeper or, conversely, sleeper sofa. Pull-out couch. Couch mattresses. Sofa bed. Any variation of that or the above. Whatever you want to call them, they’re not actually meant for sleeping in unless you’re around five. Even if you’re five, whether they’re meant for sleeping is highly debatable. It’s one of those products that sounds…

Sometimes meeting the need for sleep calls for mental and emotional flexibility. Stuff happens. Airlines cancel flights. You end up sleeping on the floor of an airport lounge. Sometimes you run over something and that something puts a hole in your gas tank. You end up having to sleep on the side of a lonely…

Saying “sleep-deprived” can give you a dangerous attitude So are you sleepy or sleep-deprived? When you’re talking about yourself, it shouldn’t matter. The distinction between the two is, at most, separated by a thread. The distinctions are best left to experts for debate. Many experts like to split hairs with little insight to be gained by such hair-splitting. If you’re sleep-deprived, you’re…

The drip, drip, drip of a faucet keeping you awake is bad enough. When the dripping is coming from your head, back and armpits into your sheets it has to be worse. Profuse night sweats have to be one of the most troubling sleeping problems there are. Night sweats can defy easy explanation In extreme cases…